Local Boards and Staff
UPNY Advisory Board of Directors

AnnMarie Link - President
Planning and Accountability Manager
Cisco

Paul Bloser - Vice President
Kidney Transplant Recipient, Advocate and Avid Volunteer

Michael Crane
Director of Operations
Global Health Products

James Fonzi
President/CEO
Veretec of New York, Inc.

Randeep Kashyap, MD
Surgical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
University of Rochester Medical Center
Strong Memorial Hospital

Tom Kernan, Owner
Kernan State Farm Insurance

Judy Kirk, MS, RDN, CDN, FNKF
Clinical Nutrition Specialist
Solid Organ Transplant
University of Rochester Medical Center

Scott Liebman, MD, M.P.H.
Nephrologist, Associate Nephrology Fellowship Program Director
University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry

Rebeca (Becky) Monk, MD
Chief of Medicine
Highland Hospital

Sarah A. Pellerin
Senior Counsel
Harter Secrest & Emery

Edward (Ed) Radin, Esq.
Member, Department Chair - Trust and Estate
Bond, Schoeneck & King

Kristen Ryan
Paralegal
Harris Beach PLLC

Jennifer Smith
Regional Sales Manager
Bayer Pharmaceuticals CardioRenal Division
UPNY Medical Advisory Board

Peggy Murray, NP - President
Nurse Practitioner
University of Rochester Medical Center

Marc Lande, MD MPH
Chief of Pediatric Nephrology
University of Rochester Medical Center, Golisano Children’s Hospital

Jagmeet Singh, MD
Nephrologist
Guthrie Sayre
Guthrie Medical Group

Sharon Stall, RD
Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition
Rochester Regional Health System - Unity Dialysis at Spencerport

Kristian Vitu, ACNP
Medical Procedure Team/Hospital Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center

Sharon Zalemski, MS, RD, CDN, FNKF
Registered Dietitian
Pure Life Renal
Staff Members

Ellen Scalzo, Executive Director
Ellen.Scalzo@kidney.org

Susan Brayer, M.S. Ed., Community Outreach Manager
Susan.Brayer@kidney.org

Peg Collins, M.S., Administrative Assistant
Peg.Collins@kidney.org